Department News,Gallery Shows

Beneath the Surface

30 Dec , 2015  

“Beneath the Surface” Ceramics Show Opening reception will be January 14th from 5-7pm in Hammond Hall Gallery at JSU. It will feature work from various artists including Adam Paulek, Jeff Brown, John Donovan, Matthew Steadman, William DePauw, Stephanie Rozene, and Seth Rainville. The show will be up from January 14 through February 4th.   There will […]

Department News

Creative Quarterly – Faculty and Student Winners

29 Dec , 2015  

We are proud to announce that these faculty members and students either won or placed in the Creative Quarterly CFE 2015. Sarah Miles – 2 professional photography winners Not So Much a Whisper, No.1, VanDyke print Not So Much a Whisper, No.2, VanDyke print   Doug Clark – 2 professional photography runner-ups Christian Dunn – 1 professional illustration runner-up “Rooster” […]

MFA Projects

Create and Color Therapy Book – Charissa Flagg

21 Dec , 2015  

The concept for this book materialized after researching art therapy and the affect that coloring had on people with anxiety and depression. With the new popularity of the “coloring for adults” books, I was interested in creating something geared toward older teenagers and young adults; ages ranging from 15-22. With statistics of teen depression, anxiety, […]

Department News,MFA Projects

Speech Therapy App

16 Dec , 2015  

Speech Therapy App Interface – Charissa Flagg The concept for this project was to create an app interface that would reiterate lessons learned during a speech therapy session. This app would allow parents to go back over activities with their child to have extra practice time outside of therapy sessions. I wanted to produce an […]

Department News

Visiting Artist: Benjie Heu – Monday November 30th

17 Nov , 2015  

Monday November 30th, visiting artist Benjie Heu will be demo’ing his sculptural process for Professor Oles classes from 8-11am and 12-3pm in Room 103 Carlisle Fine Arts Facility – followed by a slide lecture at 4pm. He also has a solo exhibition at Birmingham Southern College/Durbin Gallery which will be open from Nov. 6 through […]

Department News,MFA Projects

MFA Candidate Brandon Vernon featured on MTV.COM!

31 Oct , 2015  

Earlier this week, MFA Candidate Brandon Vernon had a body of his work featured on MTV.com. This is a huge milestone in the career of a visual artist. Brandon went to the School of Visual Arts in New York for his undergrad, majoring in Traditional Animation. “I’ve worked on some fun animation shows, a music […]

Department News,Gallery Shows

About Emily Sheehan – Award Juror for Ley Lines

28 Sep , 2015  

Emily Sheehan is an Assistant Professor of Fine Art teaching Drawing at Indiana University Southeast. Emily received her M.F.A in Visual Studies, with a specialization in Drawing and Sculpture from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in 2008. Emily’s artistic research/practice utilizes perceptual drawing (drawing from observation in a multi-sensory way) to explore the […]

Department News,Gallery Shows

“Ley Lines” Opens Thursday, October 1, 2015

25 Sep , 2015   Gallery

Ley Lines: Connecting Media, Imagery, and Concept Across Contemporary Drawing opened Thursday, October 1st, 2015 in the Hammond Hall Gallery at Jacksonville State University from 5 – 7PM. An artist lecture by the Exhibition Awards Juror, Emily Sheehan, was given at 3:30PM in the Roundhouse Lecture Hall. Emily Sheehan is an Assistant Professor of Fine Art teaching […]

Department News

Design Lab Renovations

20 Sep , 2015  

Many of you know that Hammond Hall has gotten a serious face lift over the last few months. Particularly, the Undergraduate Design Labs and the new Hammond Hall Gallery. Take a look at these before shots of how the space in the design labs used to look. And here is what it looks like now! After a […]

Department News,Gallery Shows

INSTILL: Faculty Exhibition

1 Sep , 2015  

The JSU Art Department is excited to present INSTILL: Faculty Reception and Exhibition this Thursday, September 3rd in Hammond Hall Art Gallery from 5:00-7:00 PM. The Exhibition will last from September 3rd until September 24th from 8:30-4:00 PM. Alumni Hannah Cooper McCauley will also be presenting her graduate photography work “A Singular Sense of Urgency” […]